Sewing-machine.



10,344,045 A PATENTBD Nov.17,l9os. J. A.' CAMERON. SEWING MACHINE.

. v AIPPLIDATION IfILED SEPT. 6, 1902. v N0 HQDEL. 8 SHEETS-SHEET 29 wlTNESSES: l :Nvt-:MORy

' Jmar 'zmelon/ PATENTE) Nov. 17. 1903.

J. A. CAMERON.

sBWNG MAGHINE.

APPLxoATIoN, FILED SEPT. 6,1992.

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No. 744,045.y

y UNITED Sin-xfreel I Patented November 17,

PATENT s Prion..A

SEWING-MACHINE. .if

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110.744,045, vdated November 17, 1903.

pplcati'on tiled September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122.331. (No model.)

To (if/Z wil/0112, it 11mg concern.: y

13e it known that I, JAMES A. CAMERON, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kingsand State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-lilachines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to' improvements in scWing-.machines; and it consists in the novel features and combinations o f parts hereinafter described, andlparticnlarlv pointed out in the claims. l

The object of my invention is to produce `au eftioientaud cominercially-practicable machine for simultaneously sewing two parallel rows of stitches or the hems at the opposite edges of apiece of fabric. I have more espe cially designed the machine for use in vthe manufacture of hemstitched' handkerchiefs,

and in carrying on this manufacture in connection with the machine made the subject ceiving'fl the fabric preparatory to the treatment of the latter, a shaft above the table of the machine for receiving the fabric after its edges have been hemmed, means intermediate the two sewing mechanisms for automatically taking u p the slack in the fabric between the two sewing mechanisms, and means Afor spreading outthey fabric after-it has left the sewing mechanism and is on; its .way to the receiving reel or shaft after-having'been hemmed so that the said fabric may be evenly and uniformly wound upon said shaft or reel.

'The two sewing mechanisms or sewing-machine heads are mounted upon a table and are a definite dist-ance apart, and the width of fabric is fed in between these 'two sewingmachine heads. There are frequent occasions whcn the fabric to be treated is greater in width lthan the space between the two sew- A ing mechanisms, and under such conditions the fabric will-be slack along its longitudinal middle portion intermediate the two sewing mechanisms, and in accordance with my invention this slack portion of the fabric is takenV up by means of a rod or frame, which automatically lifts the loose middle portion of the fabricwithont affecting the edge portions thereof. The slackness in the middlelongitudinal portion of the fabric whilebeing taken up between the two 'sewing mechanisms will reappear in the fabric after the latter has passed beyond the sewing mechanisms, and hence between the sewing mechanisms and the shaft or reel which receives the finished fabric I provide means for spreading out the width of fabric on its' passage to said shaft or rcel in order that the fabric may be smoothly and luniformiy wound upon said shaft or reel.'

'lheinvention will'be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which I represent a duplex'sewing-machine having m'y improvements ap-v plied thereto, and in whieh Figure l is a front elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with and embodying the i nveniiou ,the fabric being represented by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same onthe dotted line 2 2 of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached view, partlyin section, showing one edge of ihe-machine-table with the frame applied thereto for taking up vthe slack'in the fabric intermediate the sewing mechanisms. Fig. fills a 'detached end view of a portion of the left-hand end of the `machinathis figure representing more especially the means for communicating motion to the shaft orreel upon which the completed,`

fabric iswonnd. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detached sectional view of the upper shaft or reelreceiving the finished fabric. Fig. 6 is a top view of same, the outward position 'of' the said shaft or reel being illustrated by dott-ed lines, this .being the position of said shaft or reel when the finished roll of fabric is tobe removed therefrom. Fig. 7 is a sectional View of same on the dotted line 7 7 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a sectional View of' same on the dotted line 8 8 of Fig. 5.

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In the drawings, 10 denotes a substantial.

supporting-table mounted uponlegs or frames 11 and firmly supporting the sewing-machines 12112, which maybe of any suitable character. The machines 412 12 illustrated in the drawings are the well-known types of Wheeler & Wilson hemstitchi'ngseWing-machines, the said machines being arranged in alinement with and to face one another. The feeding mechanisms (not shown) ot' the sewing-machines 12 12 are arranged to feed in the same direction, and this result may be accomplished in a well-known manner by reversing the throw of the feed ofone machine. The present invention is not of course limited tothe employment of the Wheeler Jr Wilson helnstitching sewing-machines, and I l refer to this special type of machine because of the fact that the trade is thoroughlyf-a Vmillar with it and that it is especially adapted for the making of hemstitched handkerehiefs. Adjacent to the presser-foot of each .ofthe headsl or machines 12 12 will in use be placed ahemstitching attachment 13, of any suitable or known form orconstructiomadaptedV in the usual manner to form the folds or herne at the edges of the fabric preparatory to the stitching of the same. I have not`illustrated the hemstitchiug attachments 13 in detail, since the invention is not confined to any special form er construction of such attachment. l

Below the table 1U is mounted in suitable bearings the main driving-shaft 14, which receives its power from ,a suitable belt 15 and has mounted upon it the drive-wheels 16 17, through the medium of which and suitable belts 18 19 motion is communicated from th shaft 14 to the mechanism by which power is imparted to the drivi-ugshafts 2O 21 of the sewing-machineheads12. Thedriving-shafts 2O and 2l are provided with belt or pulley wheels 22 to receive the belts 23, by which said wheels 22 are connected with the intermediate drive-wheels 24, mounted in suitable bearings 25 intermediate the supporting-table 10 and the main driving-shaft14. Upon the axles' 26 of the wheels 24 are also mounted the pulley-wheels 27, which receive the belts 18 19 and are by said belts directly connected with the main drive-wheelsl 16 17. The puiley'-wheels 27 are free upon the axles 26 and only communicate their motion tothe wheels 24 when they are pressedagainst said wheels by the pressure ot' the fe'ct of the operator upon the treadles 28,. Thewhcels 24 and 27 constitute the two parts of a clutch, and hence the wheel 24 will remain idle except when the wheel 27 is pressed into engagement with it by the means to be presently described. 'lhe wheels 27 are provided with the projecting studs 29, which form cont-acts for the inclined cams 30, which may be pulled downward by the foot-treadles and which when pulled downward will press against the studs 29 and move the wheels 27 into engagement with the wheels 24, with the result that so long as the pressure of the cams 30 remains Itlie'sewing mechanism to a stop.

.onthe studs 29 the, wheels 27 will maintain their contact with the wheels 24 and impart motion to said wheels 24 and. through said .wheels andfthe belts 23 to the mechanism ot' the sewing-machines or heads 12. The cams-30 are secured to or formed on the crank-arms 31, ywhich are connected at their outer ends with the usual pitmari or treadle lrods 32 and at their other ends are secured upon rock-shafts 33, which constitute vthe axes upon which said crank-arms 31 may turn. lThe rock-shafts 33 are mounted in suitable bearing-sleeves 34, connected'with the bearing-frames 25, and have at their outer end a brake-arm 35 and lip 36, the brake-arm 35 being. adapted when the treadle-rods 32 are released to move upward to impinge the periphery of a plain portion 37of the pulley` wheels 24 in order that upon the removal of ,the feet of the operative from the .treadles the said brake-arms 35 may aid in bringing Intermediate the lip 36 and a projecting portion 38 of each'bearing-frame 25 is arranged a coiled spring 39, whose force is normally exerted to maintain the treadle-rods 32 and can'is 3'0in their upward position, thus normally leaving said ca ms 30 relieved from the studs 29 and permitting the pulley-wheels 27 tol rotate l without imparting their motion to the pulleywheels 24. When the foot-treadles 28 are depressed to pull downward on the rods 32 and cams 30, the lorce of the springs 39 is thereby overcome, and the 'cams 30 will move the pulley-wheels 27 into engagement with the wheels 24, and thereby the motion of the main power-shaft 14 may be communicated to the sewing mechanisms. Upon the release of pressure from the foot-treadles 28 'the springs 39 will by pressing downward on the lips 36 elevate the rods 32 and cams 30 and vat the same time cause the brake-arms 35 to operate against the pulley-wheels 24 for the purpose ot' checking the latter;

From what has been explained above it is to be understood that both sewing-machines 12 are simultaneously driven from the main power.-shaft 14 through the medium of the transmitting mechanism intermediate said power-shaft 14 and the shafts 2Q 21 of the sewing-machines 12, said sewing-machines being set in motion by the pressure of the feet ot' the operative upon both of the treadles 28. The removal of pressure from one ofthe treadles 28 will result in one of the sewing-machines automatically coming to a stop, while the motion of the main driving-shaft-14 and the operation of the other sewing-machine will continue. \Vhen pressure is. relieved from both of the treadles 28, both of the sewing-machines 12 will automatically come to a stop. Thus while both ot' the sewing-machines are operated from the one main driving-shaft 14 either of said machines may, should the occasion arise, be stopped without interfering. with the continued operation of the other sewiug-1nachine- This feature of loo iro

senese y 3 the construction is of great importance, sincey it is practically impossible for the. sewing mechanisms to be soiinelymade, adjusted, and maintained that bot-h machines will while l 5. sewing a long length of fabric exactly and complished as. far as possible. The power'-` transmitting mechanism herein'before dei5 scribed renders it entirely practicableto make use ofthe two sewingmachines 12 for the sewing of the opposite edges of the fabrics, since when one edge of the fabric advances ahead of the other edge thereof one sewing-machine zo may be quickly and automatically stopped, while the other sewing-machine continues until it has caught up with its Work, `rvhere upon the operator by means of her foot will start the arrested machine in order that both 25 machines may then continue their Work until itis discovered that one of the machines is` again in advance ofthe other machine.

The clutch mechanism hereiubefore described, represented by the pulleyfwheels 24 27 and cams 30, is not per se claimed herein, sin'ce said features are' not new with me and constitute a familiar form of clutch device which I have utilized in carrying my inven tion into eect. My invention is not limited, 3 5 therefore,to the special construction of clutch device hereinbefore described.

In order to render the duplex machine above described 'entirely efficient and practicable, it is necessary to supply the same with means for-caring for the slack along the midwider than theidistance between the two sewing mechanisms and' also with means for spreading out and feeding away the forward a5 -portion of the fabric, and the accomplishment of these purposes is the object of my present invention, in carrying out which I provide aul tomatic means intermediatethe machines 12 12 for taking up the slack along the' middle -of the length of the fabric and also means to act upon the' fabric after' it has left the machilies 12 12 for spreadingand winding up the same. y The fabric represented as being treated by v55 the duplex machine is illustrated diagrammati'cally by dotted lines and is'numbered 40, and .this fabric While passing through the machineis'unwound from a cylinder 41, disposed upon a shaft 42, and the fabric thence passes forwardly, as illustrated,.and then rearwardly, with its edges in the hemmers 13. 1 3 and its middle portion over the hinged rod 43, whence the fabric passes rearwardly under the rod or frame 44, theuceupy '45, thence upwardly around the cylinder 46, 'which is mounted upon a shaft 47, having by die of the length of fabric when the latter isl fwa'rdly and frontwardly over the upper frameI .preference onits left-hand end a pulleywheel 48, connected by a power-transmittiug belt or cord-" 4Q`with a larger pulley-wheel 50, fasgo tenedA upon` the left-hand end of the lower shaft 42the-purpose of the belt 49 and pulleywheels 48 and 50 vbeing to transmit mol tion from theshaft 42 to theshaft 47 when the fabric 40 is bythe operative withdrawn 75 'from the cylinder. 4l, so that atsuchtirne the shaft 47 and cylinder '46 may operate as a reel to Wind up the finished fabric into the form ofa roll upon the said eylinder4. The

shaft 42 and cylinder 4l are counterparts of 8o the shaft 47 and cylinder 46, and in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 I illustrate the detailed construction and method of mounting the shaft 47 and cylinder 4G, upon reference to which figures it will be observed that the cylinder 46 85 is la vplain hollow Wooden cylinder loosely mounted upon the shaft 47, which is detachably held at one end by means of the spring clip or lips 5l 51, and at its other end is pivotally held between centering-screws 52 52, 9o which allow the shaft 47 to be drawn outward from its normal operative position (shown in Fig. 5) to its inoperative position, (shown in Fig. 6,) so that after the fabric 40 has been wound upon the cylinder 46 the latter may 95 be drawn outward from the shaft 47 and an'- Y other cylinder 46 placed upon said shaft for receiving a further length of the fabric 40. The shaft 47 and frames 44 45 are supported in cast'arms 53 53, extending upwardly from roo the tableA lO, and the spring-lips 5l at the upper end ofthe right-hand arm 53 areopen to permit the. right-hand end of the shaft 47 to with the exercise of a littlefo'rce be pressed into position `lmsluveen said lips and 105 to rotate therein and be withdrawn therefrom, the purpose of the lips 5l being to detachably hold the right-hand end of the shaft 47 while the latter is in operation for, with .the cylinder 46, winding the finished fabric 11o have'it understood that it will" not always be necessary to employ both the hand-wheel 56 and pulleyfwheel 48, because when the pulley-wheel 48' is made use of the' shaft 47 and cylinder 46 will receive their rotary mo# 125 tion' through the belt or cord 49 from the pulvley-wheel 5U on the lower shaft 42.

the hand-wheel 56 is employed, the fabric 40 When may be wound upon the cylinder 46 lby imparting' to the shaft 47 a proper rotary mo- 13o tion by hand through the instrumentality of the said hand-wheel 56. Nhen the shaft 47 receives its motion from the hand-wheel 5G,

the pulley-wheel 48 will not necessarily be einployed; butit will be found to be convenient to equip the shaft 47 with both the hand-wheel 56 and pulley-wheel 48, since when so equipped the said shaft may receive its motion through the belt orl cord 49 or through the handwheel 56, as may be preferred by the operative. ln` order to impart rotary motion from the shaft 47 to the cylinder 4b, while allowing said cylinder t' be detachably secured upon said shaft, I aiiix upon the said shaft 47 a plate 57 and secure at the end ofthe cylinder 4G a stud 53, which during the rotation of the shaft 47 will -be engaged by the said plate 57, as shown in Figs. 5 and 8, with the result that the cylinder 4G will be coinpelled to rotate with the said shaft 47. When desired, however, the cylinder 46 may be Withdrawn from over the end of the shaft 47, the stud 5S then leaving the plate 57. The lower shaft 42, carrying the cylinder 4l, is pivotally held at its left-handend by the center screws 50, and at its right-hand end is detachably held between the springlips G0 GO, corresponding with the aforesaid springlips 51 5l. The cylinder 4l, mounted upon the shaft 4'3, corresponds with the cylinder liti, mounted upep the shaft 47, and the shaft 4; is provided with a plate 61, to be engaged by a stud tlf, carried on the end of the cylinder 4l, so that motion may be imparted in this instance from the cylinder 41 to the shaft 4:?, the said plate Ul and stud U2 corresponding with the plate 57 and stud 58, above described, with respect'. tothe shaft 47 and cylinder 4U. The shaft 42 receives its inotion from therylindor 4l, and the cylinder i-6 receives its nietion from the shaft 47, and niotion is imparted to the cylinder 41 by the opera-tive in drawing off the fabric 40 from the said cylinder 4l. 'lhe shaft 42 and cylinder 4l are pivotally mounted, so that they may be swung outward from the spring-lips GO in order that the cylinder 4l when empty may be withdrawn from the shaft 42, and another cylinder with t-he fabric wound thereon may be inserted upon thesaid shaft42. The motion of the shaft 4; is, as above described, com in unicated te theshatt 47 through the pulley-wheel 50, cord or belt 41), and pulley-wheel 48, and' better results may be attained if the cord or belt 43 is rather loose upon the pulley-wheels 4S and obtains its tension thereon by means of a weighted belt-tightener of the form illustrated in Fig. 4, in which it will be seen thatthe bell-tightencr isin theform of a bell-crankle ver (i3, carrying on one arm a roller G4 to engage the belt 45t and having on its other arm an adjustable weight (i5, the latter pressing the roller (54 against the said belt 4S). By having the belt 4i) rather loose upon the pulleys 50 and 4S the lowershaft42and uppershaft 47 may be turned outward when desired without detaching the belt 49 for the purpose of receiving or discarding the cylinders en said shafts. .ln addition, when the belt 49 is loosely arranged upon the pulley-wheels 50 and 4S there will bc no danger of the cyiinder 46 placing too great a tension upon the fabric 40, since should the fabric 40 become taut between the sewing mechanism and the cylinder 46 the continued rotation of the vshaft 42 would cause the belt 49 te slip over the pulley-wheel 48 without turning the shaft 47.

Daring the operation of the machine the operative will draw the fabric from the cylinder 41 from time to time and gather a portion of the said fabric in her lap, as diagrammatically illustrater. by the dotted lines at 66, and the operative will feed the edges of the fabric through the hemmers 13 13, while the iniddleportion of the fabric will pass over and have its slack taken up by the rod 43,

the latter pressing the middle portion of the fabric upward, and thence as the sewing pro ceeds the fabric will, as above described, pass around the rear side of the frame 44iaud along -the front side of the frame 45 and thence 'to the rear side of the cylinder 46, upon which the fabric will be wound'. The purpose ofthe frames 44 and 45 is te spread the fabric 40 along the line of its width, so that the said fabric may be evenly and uniformly wound upon the cylinder 46, and to this end the said frames 44 and 45 are each in the form of a rod secured at its ends in the arms 53 and having a curved middle portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, over which the fabric is contr pelled to travel, the curved portions of the frames 44 45 being arranged on different planes and serving'to straighten out the fabric in line with its width before said fabric reaches the cylinder '46. When the fabric leaves the sewing mechanism, it may have its middleportion hunched together, due te the slackened portion of the fabric leaving the rod 43, and hence it becomes important that the fabric be straightened out to a normal width before it is wound upon the cylinder 4G, and it is to accomplish this purpose that l employ the frames 44 and 45. l

The rod 43 for taking up the slack along the middle longitudinal portion of the fabric as the latter feeds through the machines 12 .12 -is curved at its rear portion, and at its front portieri, 'as clearly shown in Fig. 3, is held within a sleeve 67, constituting a part of the frame 68, which is pivotally mounted between lugs 69, fastened to the table 10, the object being to allow the sleeve 67 and rod 43 to have a pivotal motion. 0n the front end of the rod 43 is adjustably secured a weight 70, as shown in Fig. 3, and the purpose of this weight is to canse the rear portion of the arm 43 to have a tendency to move upwardly against the lower side of the fabric 40, thereby to automatically take up the slack in said fabric.V The adjustment of theweight 70 will be made in accordance with the nature of the fabric 40, and the farther ioward the front end of the red 43 the weight 70 is placed the greater will be the tension exerted by the rear portion of said rod against the middle port-ion of the fabric. The rod 43 constitutes an automatic means IIC IIS

for taking up the slack in the middle portion of the fabric intermediate the sewing-machine heads 12 12, and when there is onlyaliinited amount of slack in the fabriceOfto'be taken up the rod 43 will be by the fab'rieheldcloserdown to the top of the table VA1G, and when there is an increase in slaclrness due to a `greater width of fabric eO-being employed the rod 43 will automatically kvascend to taire up the increased slackness:

The operation of the machine hereinbefore described will probably be sufficiently understood vfrom the foregoing explanation, and

v.hence a further detailed description of such operation is probably not necessary. It may be ,stated, however, that the 'main drivingshaft 1471's utilized for driving the shafts 20 211155 fijhesewingmachines .l2 12, @hat by reasorrof the intermediate clutch mechanism connected with the foot-treadles 28 bothcf themachines 12 will remain idle until the operative places her. feet upon said treadles,

vandthat'either of said machines 12 may be temporarily 'stopped at any time by simply the removal of the foot of the operative from the appropriate treadle 28'. Both of the machines-may be sto ped by the removal 'of the' feetscfthe' operat'iyefrom both of the treadljes2S. Thelfabric tobe ltreated isfedV from the.

cylinder 41 into the lap of the operative and thence over the takefup rod 43 and through 'the hemmers 13 and thence around the fram es aand 45 to the upper cylinder 46 for the nished fabric. The rod 43 is exclusively used forautomatically taking up the slack in the frniddleportions of the fabric, and the frames 45 are provided for straightening out .f thefabric toits normal width before said fabric isvwound upon the cylinder 46. The action of the operative in withdrawingjthe fabric from :the cylinder 4l results in-inotiou being communicated from thelowershaft 42 through thebelt-wheel 50, belt 49, and pulley-wheel 48 to the-upper shaft 47 and cylinder At6,.whereby ythe-completed fabric may be wound upon the cylinder 46 simultaneously with the unwinding of the fabric from the lower cylinder 4l. When it is not desired .or necessary to employ the belt 49 and pulley-wheel 48, the upper cylinder 46 may be rotated by means of the ordinary hand-wheel 56. The shafts 4:2 and 47-are pivot-ally mounted, and the cylindersdl and 46 are respectively detachably arranged thereupon. The tension of the take-up rod 43 against the middle portion of the fabric lmay be'regnlat'ed by the adjustment of the weight andalso by the adjustment of the said rod Within-its-supporting-sleeye G7, said rod being adj ustably held within said sleeve by means vof a set-screw 71'..

A`saine direction' andA to sew two parallel seams, 1

Y. one-at each edge 'of alengthof fabric, an an- W-hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

"1. In a sewing-machine comprising the two sewing mechanisms adnptedito feed in the 'tially 'as set forth.`

tomatic sel fadjusting upwardly-acting taireup device disposed intermediate said mechanisms for takin g up the slack along the longitun dinal middle portieri of the length of fabric to be treated, said taire-up device being below the fabric and. adapted to press upwardly against the same; substantially as set forth.

2. in a sewing-machine comprising the two sewing mechanisms adapted to feed in the same direction and tosew two parallel seamsl one at each edge of a length of fabric, a takeup rod disposed intermediate said mechanisms for taking up the slack along the longitudinal middle portion of the length of fabric to be treated, and means forautornatically i pressing said rod upward to varying heights against the lower surface of said fabric in acpressed upward against the lower surface of said fabric; substantially as set forth.

Il. in a sewing-machine comprising the two sewing mechanisms adapted to feed in the saine direction and to. sew two parallel seams, a taire up rod disposed intermediate .said mechanisms for taking up the slack along the longitudinal middle portion of the length of fabric to be treated, the pivotally-monnted frame 68 having the sleeved? to receive and.

support said rod,and the adjustable weight on one end of said rod to keep the other end portion thereof pressed upward against the lower surface of said fabric; substantially as set forth.

4 5. in a sewing-machine comprising the two sets of sewing mechanisms adapted to feed in the same direction and to sew two parallel seams, one ateach edge of a length of fab ric, meansk intermediate said mechanisms for pressing the middle portions of the fabric upwardly to take up any slack therein, the shaft for reeling up kthe linished fabric, and means intermediate said mechanisms and said shaft for spreading the fabric laterally to its former normal condition whereby to'insure the proper IOO IIO

winding ofthe fabric into a roll; snbstan- 6. ln a sewing-machine comprising the two sets of sewing mechanisms adaptedto feed in the same direetion and 'to sew two parallel` seamsneat each sideofa'length offabric,the shaft for reeling up the nished fabric, and the transverse convex bar higfsecured at its ends and disposed intermediate said mechanisms vrgb and. said shaft and against whiclihe com-V pleted fabric travels Aon its passage to said shaft, for, spreading thetfabric latcraily'to 'its former normalv widthgwhereby toinsure.

its passage to said; shaft, for spreading the fabric laterally to a normal Width whereby to insure the proper winding of the fabric into a roll; substantially as set forth.

8.- In a sewing-machine c'omprising the two sets of sewing mechanisms adapted to feed in the same'direction and to sewl two parallel seams, the shaft for reeling up the finished fab.

ric, means for taking up the slack along the middle longitudinal portion of the length of -fabric, and means Vintermediate said mechanisms and said shaft for spreading the fabric laterally to a normal wid th whereby to insure the proper winding of the fabric into a roll; substantially as set-forth.

9. In a sewing-machine'comprising the two sets of sewing mechanisms adapted to feed in the same direction and to simultaneously sew two parallel seams, oneateach edge of a len gth of fabric, the shaft for reeling up the finished fabric, the shaft for holding the fabric to be treated, a loose belt 49 connecting said shafts, the automatic belt-tightener engaging said belt, means pivotally mounting said shafts at one end on vertical axes so that theymay be turned outward horizon tally to receive or be stripped of a roll of fabric, and means dfbtachably holdingv said shafts at their other end, the said belt 49'being su iciently long to permit the outward pivotal movement of said shafts while said belt remains in position connecting said shafts; substantial-ly as which one endof said shaft freely extends,

the spring-cli ps for detachably holding said `shaft at'its other end, and the screws 52 pivotally mounting said sleeve on a vertical axis so'that said shaft may be turned outwardly from the machine, combined with vthvecylinder 46 loosely mounted ou said shaftto refceive and wind upon itself-the'finislied fabric, means for rotating said shaft, and the plate 57 and stud on said shaftand cylin der respectively for enabling said shaft to ro- 4tate said cylinder; substantially as and for the purposes set forth. p

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day of September, A. l). 1902.

.'TAMES A. CAMERON'. Witnesses:

CHAs. C. GILL, ARTHUR MARION. 

